musica ricercata

La Via del Sale

In 1996, the regional government of Tuscany proposed a re-evaluation
of the economic, social and cultural structures of Medieval Tuscany launching
the project ‘Tuscany in the Middle Ages - the Via Francigena’.

Within this project MUSICA RICERCATA founded the festival ‘La
Via del Sale’ which is held every year in various parts of
southern Tuscany, focusing on two principal objectives: first, to introduce
the audience to a historical vision of musical development, from its most
remote origins to contemporary times; and second to direct attention to
the ‘minor’ places in Tuscany, which nonetheless are notable
for their natural beauty and their more human rhythm of life.

In this sense, the ‘Via del Sale’,
which in 1998 and 1999 was selected for the European Community programme
L.E.A.D.E.R. II (Liaison Entre Actions de Développment
de l’Économie Rurale), can be considered as a
two-sided project which unfolds in both space and time.